Patterns
Felting Patterns for Beginners
What a felting pattern actually contains, why templates must be drawn oversized, and how to adapt any pattern to the wool you have.
4 min read Beginner
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Supplies & Tools
Felting Supplies for Beginners
A starter kit that costs less than a takeaway, what to add once you know you like it, and the equipment that mostly sits in a drawer.
4 min read
Supplies & Tools
Felting Needles Explained
A gauge chart from 32 to 46, what each felting needle size is for, how triangle, star and reverse needles differ, and the smallest set that covers everything a beginner makes.
8 min read
Projects
Felted Christmas Ornaments
Needle felted in the round or cut and stitched from felt sheet: the two routes to a felt ornament, a star template that comes out even, animals that hang level, and twelve designs sized so a whole set gets finished before December.
20 min read Beginner
Supplies & Tools
Best Wool for Felting
Merino, corriedale, core wool, batts and tops explained — which fibre felts fastest, which gives the best surface, and which will never felt at all.
4 min read